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Australia as a nation - race, rights and immigration

Teacher guide Australia as a nation - race, rights and immigration

TLF ID M018205

This is a unit of work about race, rights and immigration in Australia since 1900. It has four teaching and learning sequences that explore: human rights and freedoms; Australian democracy and citizenship and those who advocated for rights through the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; migration to Australia and the experiences of migrants. The resource includes notes for teachers, assessment tasks and links to the Australian curriculum, video clips, texts, interview transcripts and images. Teachers should be aware that this resource may contain sensitive material for users with personal refugee or migration experiences. It also contains references to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have passed away.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This is a very useful resource for the year 6 History curriculum. It is particularly relevant for the content descriptions referring to: the experiences of democracy and citizenship in Australia; and stories of people who migrated to Australia. The first two sequences focus on exploring human rights and freedoms through The Freedom Riders and the creation of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Sequences 3 and 4 are also relevant as they explore migration stories and information about the reasons people migrated to Australia. The resource also has value in relation to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture cross-curriculum priority, particularly the Organising Idea that refers to viewing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples experiences through historical, social and political lenses. The second sequence provides useful information about Aboriginal rights and freedoms in 1960-70. The rich assessment tasks linked to each of the sequences provide opportunities for students to demonstrate knowledge gained throughout the unit of work and additional understanding around race, rights and immigration in Australia.
  • This resource supports the intercultural understanding general capability as students learn about the human rights, freedoms and experiences of people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, refugees and migrants in Australia. The lessons included within the resource teach students about the experiences of individuals from different cultural backgrounds and the impact of these experiences.
  • This resource supports the ethical understanding general capability as students discuss and analyse the human rights, freedoms and experiences of people from different cultural backgrounds, in Australia, throughout history.
Year level

6

Topics Communities Aboriginal history Active citizenship Discrimination Asia Migration Australian history Human rights Social history Democracy Federation Women Torres Strait Islander history
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • History

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Australian Human Rights Commission
  • Organization: Australian Human Rights Commission
  • URL: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Australian Human Rights Commission
  • Organization: Australian Human Rights Commission
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © Australian Human Rights Commission 2014. With the exception of the Australian Human Rights Commission logo, photographs and images, and any content provided by third parties, material presented in this publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence.